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If you visit Indonesia’s National Library—home to 7.7 million physical books—and do a search with the keywords “West Papua”, “Irian Jaya” or even simply “Papua”, you’ll find a rather modest number of ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Culture: West Papua and Its Quest for Freedom
Deep in the jungle of West Papua, Tinus pulls back firmly on his bow string and with clockwork precision takes aim at a bird perched high in the canopy. As he releases the bamboo arrow takes flight ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Culture: Indonesian Imperialism Is Alive – And Brutal – in West Papua
Supporters of the independence of the West Papua shout slogans during a rally commemorating the 59th anniversary of the failed efforts by Papuan tribal chiefs to declare independence from Dutch ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Culture: Fighting threatens indigenous civilians in Indonesia’s West Papua: report
Escalating violence in Indonesia’s West Papua region is threatening the security of the largely Indigenous population amid intensified clashes between Indonesian security forces and separatist rebels, ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Culture: Indonesia: Renewed Fighting Threatens West Papua Civilians
(New York) – An escalation in fighting between Indonesian security forces and Papuan separatist armed groups in West Papua has seriously threatened the security of the largely Indigenous population, ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Culture: In West Papua, the Birth of a ‘Lost Generation’
A supporter of the independence of the West Papua wears headband with the colors of the banned separatist ‘Morning Star’ flag takes a part during a rally commemorating the 60th anniversary of the ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Culture: West Papua: The Torture Mode Of Governance
Budi Hernawan said it ten years ago: “torture in Papua … has become a mode of governance.” It hasn’t stopped. It’s got worse. It’s got worse precisely because it’s a mode of governance accepted and ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Culture: Paving the Insurgency: Infrastructure in Papua and the War Jakarta Isn’t Ready to Fight
In 2018, the West Papua Liberation Army declared open war on the Indonesian military. Since then, at least 100 Indonesian military and security personnel have died, alongside hundreds of civilian ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Culture: Indonesia’s new government pushes transmigration plan, stirring protests in Papua
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who assumed office on October 20, 2024, has announced the revival of the transmigration program, which encourages citizens to populate the country’s eastern ...